Here is one row of potatoes. Notice the flower in the foreground. This was taken a week ago, there are a lot more flowers now. Hopefully, I can get a newer picture up soon. Yesterday, I edged the sidewalks, and pack patio, and used the grass clippings and dirt to hill the potatoes plants a little. You will notice the
hilling in future posts.
Not the greatest picture, but these are the cucumbers which have emerged and are growing nicely. Once again, this was taken about a week ago, so they are much bigger now.
Rows of lettuce, almost ready to be picked. By the end of the week, I think we will have some salad with the lettuce. It has grown rapidly this past week with the heat.
Sugar Snap Peas! This was also taken about a week ago, and they are about 8 inches taller now. I think they are ready to flower, so when they do, I'll post that picture. So far, the fencing has worked. I also
spread "Shake Away" which is a powder form of Garlic Oil. It supposedly trick the rabbits into thinking it is fox urine, which in turn scares them away. So far so good. The product is also 100% organic, and does not harm the animals. Works on mice and rodents too.
This is the yellow squash. The row furthest to the right is significantly smaller. That is because there were tree branches from the
neighbors yard hanging over the fence. This shaded that row all day.
Vony trimmed those branches back the day of this photo, and they are growing better now. You'll see what I mean in future posts.
Not pictured is the corn, which is probably 2ft tall now. Also, the beans have recovered from the bunny attack, and are sprouting new leaves and stalks. They have begun to snake up the tripod that I made from green poles. The tomato plants that were planted along side the beans are doing well, and have filled out nicely. Some have even flowered. It seems that the soil conditioning that we did before planting is paying dividends. For those of you who are interested, we used Duck
Doo, Bone Meal, Peat Moss, and Leaf Mulch. The Leaf Mulch was homemade by mulching the left over leaves from last fall. We initially broke the soil with a pitch fork and turned it over once or twice. Then we added the materials
previously mentioned. The soil was again turned over and evened out. I have periodically added grass clippings here and there to keep the soil fresh. Well, that's all for now. I will post pictures of the flowers soon.
Not the greatest picture, but these are the cucumbers which have emerged and are growing nicely. Once again, this was taken about a week ago, so they are much bigger now.
Rows of lettuce, almost ready to be picked. By the end of the week, I think we will have some salad with the lettuce. It has grown rapidly this past week with the heat.
Sugar Snap Peas! This was also taken about a week ago, and they are about 8 inches taller now. I think they are ready to flower, so when they do, I'll post that picture. So far, the fencing has worked. I also spread "Shake Away" which is a powder form of Garlic Oil. It supposedly trick the rabbits into thinking it is fox urine, which in turn scares them away. So far so good. The product is also 100% organic, and does not harm the animals. Works on mice and rodents too.
This is the yellow squash. The row furthest to the right is significantly smaller. That is because there were tree branches from the neighbors yard hanging over the fence. This shaded that row all day. Vony trimmed those branches back the day of this photo, and they are growing better now. You'll see what I mean in future posts.
Not pictured is the corn, which is probably 2ft tall now. Also, the beans have recovered from the bunny attack, and are sprouting new leaves and stalks. They have begun to snake up the tripod that I made from green poles. The tomato plants that were planted along side the beans are doing well, and have filled out nicely. Some have even flowered. It seems that the soil conditioning that we did before planting is paying dividends. For those of you who are interested, we used Duck Doo, Bone Meal, Peat Moss, and Leaf Mulch. The Leaf Mulch was homemade by mulching the left over leaves from last fall. We initially broke the soil with a pitch fork and turned it over once or twice. Then we added the materials previously mentioned. The soil was again turned over and evened out. I have periodically added grass clippings here and there to keep the soil fresh. Well, that's all for now. I will post pictures of the flowers soon.
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